Exam 12: Drainage Basins and Drainage Patterns

Which of the following is INCORRECT regarding floodplains?

The degradation of a landscape by weathering,erosion,and transportation will ultimately reduce the landscape down to

A cutoff on a meandering stream results in the formation of

Which of the following is CORRECT of the longitudinal profile of most rivers?

Rivers have played a relatively minor role in the geography of human history.

A meandering stream is one that is

Which of the following landforms is INCORRECTLY matched with a drainage pattern?

Drainage density refers to

An interruption in a streamʹs graded profile of equilibrium is called a

Of the worldʹs largest rivers,which has the greatest discharge?

Describe or draw and label the stages of development of an oxbow lake,from meander bend to cut off to oxbow lake,including the location of cut banks and point bars.

Rectangular drainage patterns form primarily as a result of

A braided stream is indicative of excess sedimentation.

What is the drainage density of a 100 mi² drainage basin with 25 miles of stream,running through three rivers?

Which of the following may act as a local base level?

A(n)_______is a stream that maintains an equilibrium between the processes of erosion and deposition and,therefore degradation and aggradation.

Drainage divides control into which basin surface runoff drains.

The process whereby streams deepen their channel is known as

The drop in stream elevation per unit distance is known as

This drainage pattern is characteristic of dipping or folded topography.